09-06-2004 23:40									#1
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...and WinXP...

Does anyone know how to get it working?

I can get the vanilla game working fine, but when I try install the Mission CD it stops working. For some reason I can't use my mouse in the game anymore... well, actually it's already in the menu it stops working
I've tried the WinXP compatibility mode, but that never does any good


I was hoping someone here has an idea on how to get it working?

	10-06-2004 01:15									#2
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Ah, who needs a mouse anyway?

	10-06-2004 01:19									#3
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Try running it under a dos emulator, like DOSbox.


I remember having a similiar problem when I had win98... I hade to activate a mouse driver in the DOS prompt first or something.

Last edited by General Ludd on 10-06-2004 at 03:48

	10-06-2004 03:33									#4
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But if it works for the vanilla game it seems unlikely to be a driver issue.

	10-06-2004 03:42									#5
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Not neccisarily. Settlers had a pretty unique system for handling mouse ports (it was designed so that you could use two mice at the same time) and the gold edition may of tweaked it a bit.

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	10-06-2004 03:46									#6
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I remember successfully playing it in win98 though. This was at a time where some games did still require dos drivers, and IIRC Settlers2 was not one of them.

	10-06-2004 03:48									#7
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I've never had problems with this in Win98...

	10-06-2004 03:54									#8
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Yeah, I'd say it's an XP incompatibility issue. I have an old box with win98 installed just for this eventuality. That doesn't help you though.

	10-06-2004 04:05									#9
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Well, if that's the case DOSbox would still probably be the best sollution....

	10-06-2004 08:35									#10
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I have the game working fine, albeit without sound, but that is the vanilla version so that comes as no surprise.

	10-06-2004 14:52									#11
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I'd better try dosbox then... Hoping it makes it work... I do have two OS installed, but it's annoying to have to restart just to play some old games...

	10-06-2004 15:15									#12
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If you have win98 installed already just use that. A restart is less hassle than setting up DOSbox and playing it that way.

	10-06-2004 15:19									#13
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But I often (almost all the time) have certain programs running, which should be shut down as seldom as possible

	10-06-2004 15:40									#14
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When I start the game (with mission cd) it says:
Mouse Driver - Unknown mouse type detected
I tried to search for other places for S2, but so far I've only found one site, which is in German:
http://www.siedler-welt.de/gindex.htm
In the faq area they don't mention this problem, but I've noticed something 'strange' in the faq:
Under 'how to update' they have two parts: Update without the Missions CD, and update with Mission CD... when reading about how to update with the Mission CD, they say the usual stuff: Download to dir, execute, but at the end they write: If you have the Mission CD, don't update

	10-06-2004 15:58									#15
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In the forum they say that nobody has managed to get it working with DosBox

But I found a link inthere for another german site. Some people have started programming S2.5, which should have MP (online) and lots of other tweaks (like diplomacy)... They haven't made that much yet (only recently started), but they do have some early beta versions avaliable for download... Can't wait for this

	10-06-2004 16:23									#16
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Yeah, this sounds like the same thing I ran into last time I tried playing it.


I'm having a hard time remembering what exactly I did... but I think what worked was downloading a DOS mouse driver exe and adding a command line into the settlers exe to run it before the program started.

	10-06-2004 16:33									#17
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quote: Originally posted by ADG But I often (almost all the time) have certain programs running, which should be shut down as seldom as possible

All the porn, warez and games will still be there when you get back.

	10-06-2004 16:44									#18
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...I was more concerned about the downloads

Ludd >>

And you wouldn't by any chance know where to find this dos mouse driver exe, and what to add in the command line?

	10-06-2004 16:53									#19
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you should be able to get the driver easily enough on google... try searching for msmouse.exe


As for the command line.... I'm not sure, but I think just adding it to the front of the command line under the settlers.exe properties>program tab would work.

	10-06-2004 17:50									#20
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Ok, I'll try to find it

	10-06-2004 18:00									#21
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I found the mouse driver, but is it nessecary to install it? the dll files can easily be extracted from the installation file, but I'm not sure what to put in the command line... should I refer to mouse.exe (from the extracted files) or to the installation?

	10-06-2004 18:10									#22
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Run msmouse.exe and then add C:\msmouse\mouse.exe to the command line before C:\XXX\Settlers2.exe (or whatever)

	10-06-2004 19:13									#23
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Do you mean in the command line under properties for s2.exe you write:
"C:\msmouse\mouse.exe F:\Games\S2\S2.EXE"

	10-06-2004 19:57									#24
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Yes

	10-06-2004 21:50									#25
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Doesn't work though... a msgbox says:

F:\Games\S2\S2.PIF
Invalid program file name, please check... bla bla bla

	10-06-2004 21:52									#26
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That is if I do it in the shortcut to the game... if I do it in S2.exe it doesn't make a difference

	10-06-2004 22:16									#27
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Do you know where to find the patch? I can only find links to the Blue Byte site, but they don't have the patch anymore

	10-06-2004 23:56									#28
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quote: Originally posted by ADG Doesn't work though... a msgbox says: F:\Games\S2\S2.PIF Invalid program file name, please check... bla bla bla That is if I do it in the shortcut to the game... if I do it in S2.exe it doesn't make a difference

That's funny. I tried it on a program just to see if that command line worked, and it seemed to.

	11-06-2004 01:56									#29
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Strange


I just got Virtual PC (from Microsoft), where I just installed Win98SE (took quite a while... longer than usual)... I hope this makes it possible to play the game while being in WinXP...
I'll find out tomorow
*fingers crossed*

	11-06-2004 02:15									#30
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S2 is a great game, i'm always happy to see the bunnys hopping around
Then saddend when my hunter goes and ends their wild and free lifestyle

Hope you sort out the mouse issue - im a 98 player so its fine for me.